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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| Nursery World

You can ask leading trainers and consultants for their advice when you visit the Training & Consultancy Zone at the Nursery World Show on 2-3 February 2018.

In the zone for great ideas and resources at the Nursery World Show

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

| Nursery World

There are some great special features to see at the Nursery World Show 2018, including the Early Years Resources & Learning Zone.

Early Years Teacher trainees down for a third year

Friday, December 1, 2017

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New statistics show that the number of students starting Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) is continuing to fall with just 595 new entrants in 2017-18.

Workforce Strategy, Part 5: Further Education - Teacher training

Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Budget and time constraints are limiting FE early years lecturers’ access to CPD, raising sector concerns. By Charlotte Goddard

Training Talk - Masters at CREC

Monday, November 27, 2017

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An MA in education led Laura Andrews to shift her approach to mentoring. By Gabriella Jozwiak

How can we achieve gender balance in the early years workforce?

Opinion

Thursday, November 23, 2017

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Around 5 per cent of men now work in early years, but as June O'Sullivan explains, we need thoughtful debate on men in childcare now more than ever

Childcare apprenticeships panel has just one PVI representative

Thursday, November 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Members of the expert panel which will be vetting new early years apprenticeships have been announced.

Nursery Chains: Recruitment - Hire ground

Monday, November 13, 2017

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The GCSE maths and English requirement for Level 3 has been scrapped, but many settings are still struggling to hire and retain quality staff. Jo Parkes speaks to some chains to find out why

EXCLUSIVE: Level 3 apprenticeships standard ready to go in February

Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years apprenticeships have been a much-needed boost as the new Level 3 standard has now been submitted.

New edition of Nursery Chains now out!

Friday, November 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Our ever-popular Nursery Chains supplement is published free with the latest issue of Nursery World today (13 November).

Workforce Strategy, Part 4: Careers - Getting in early

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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Careers advice has long been a Cinderella service in schools. But with a massive shortage of early years staff, a new careers advice drive and the early years workforce strategy, there is finally a path to change, finds Charlotte Goddard

Row over call to lower childcare qualfication rules in Ireland

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign to relax the requirement for all childcare staff in Ireland to be qualified has been met with criticism from the sector.

About Early Years - Diagnosing the sector’s ills

Monday, October 30, 2017

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Staff are poorly paid, settings heavily reliant on Government funding are worse off financially, and qualification levels looks to be falling, finds Ceeda’s first About Early Years survey

Childcare Counsel - mental health duties

Monday, October 30, 2017

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Our resident employment lawyer, Caroline Robins, senior associate solicitor at Eversheds Sutherland, answers your questions

Come and see the stars at the Nursery World Show 2018

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

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Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, scientist and presenter of ‘The Sky at Night’, is just one of an impressive line-up of experts appearing at the Nursery World Show 2018.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

Nursery World Awards 2017 - Our judges decide…

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

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The Chesterfield Hotel in London provided the venue for our expert panel of judges to meet and debate who deserved to win in each award category. With a large number of entries, and the standard higher than ever, it was an exciting and enjoyable day that tested the judges’ powers of decision-making. We are grateful for their hard work!

Job applicants confused over status of online Level 3s

Monday, October 16, 2017

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Recruitment agencies and nursery groups have raised concerns about significant numbers of early years job applicants who have undertaken online childcare courses and mistakenly believe they have full and relevant Level 3 qualifications.

Managing SEND, Part 1: Legislation - Special cases

Monday, October 16, 2017

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What pressures do managers face specific to children with special needs, and how should they deal with them? In the first of a new series on the subject, Karen Faux reviews the legal framework

Workforce Strategy, Part 3: Graduates - Equal opportunities

Thursday, October 5, 2017

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The sector is not set up to adequately reward Early Years Teachers, but Charlotte Goddard finds that plans to open up career routes have made limited progress so far

Nearly half of settings lack staff, finds research

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

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Recruitment difficulties are still ‘rife’ across the early years sector, with one in two settings lacking staff, new research has found.

Training Talk - Prevent

Sunday, October 1, 2017

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Danielle Butcher has become more aware of risky behaviour after going on an early years- specific Prevent course. By Gabriella Jozwiak

Two early years teacher courses 'require improvement'

Thursday, September 28, 2017

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Two early years teacher training providers have been rated 'requires improvement' by Ofsted for two years running.

Nursery World Awards 2017: the results (and photos) are in